The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including schizoaffective disorder, right and left knee DJD, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment throughout the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (schizoaffective disorder, bilateral knee DJD) prevent him from obtaining and maintaining employment due to his physical limitations and mental health issues.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disability, right knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), left knee DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19146963
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee degenerative joint disease to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by providing notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple degenerative joint diseases of the right and left wrist, knee, shoulder, elbow, and hip, including as secondary to a lumbar spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for right hand 5th finger sprain and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee degenerative joint disease, and remanded several service connection claims due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for slight right knee instability but denied ratings in excess of 20 percent and 10 percent for the torn meniscus and degenerative joint disease, respectively.
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